[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO PRODUCE MORE DOMESTIC ENERGY

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 26, 2010

  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, one thing that most Americans can 
agree on is that we need to produce more energy at home. The more 
energy that we produce domestically, the less we need to rely on 
foreign sources of oil which often come from unstable parts of the 
world. Furthermore, domestic energy creates jobs right here at home, 
jobs that can help lead our nation out of the current recession. 
America's thirst for energy continues to grow and the more options we 
have to quench this thirst, the better off we will be. It is essential 
to look at all forms of domestic energy including domestic oil and 
natural gas, solar, renewable and the latest technology--waste to 
energy conversion. All options should be examined.
  I recently had the opportunity to learn about a new and exciting 
technology that could help us produce more domestic energy from shale 
deposits, tar sands, waste tires, heavy oil, coal, municipal solids 
wastes and drill cuttings. A U.S. company, Global Resource Corporation 
is the developer of a microwave technology that converts waste into 
energy through a conversion process that essentially decomposes carbon 
materials into reusable high value fuels. An added benefit of this 
technology is that microwaves do not produce emissions, the process 
does not require water and all output can be reused.
  It is vital to America that we support the development of new 
technologies like this one that will provide the energy and new jobs we 
desperately need in order to grow. This company is evaluating the 
option to build a plant in the Second Congressional District of Texas. 
With its large number of refineries, deposits and other waste, as well 
as old tires that will be converted into usable energy, this process 
would solve two problems at once, disposal of waste and used tires, and 
producing clean domestic energy. I support projects such as this one 
and hope that our country will adopt even more common sense solutions 
to our growing energy demands, utilizing the domestic resources we have 
available and creating jobs.

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